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Class: Technology. Type: Communications. Nation: USA. Agency: DARPA. Manufacturer: Aerospace.

DARPA/Aerospace Corp. MEMS (Micro Electro-mechanical Systems) were 0.25 kg picosatellites, each carrying an intersatellite communications experiment and connected by a 30-m tether.

Mass: 0.25 kg (0.55 lb).

MEMS Chronology

2000 January 27 - Picosat 1 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC8. Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Mass: 0 kg ( lb). Perigee: 746 km (463 mi). Apogee: 796 km (494 mi). Inclination: 100.20 deg.
Deployed by the OPAL satellite on February 7 at 0334:16 GMT. Picosat 1 and 2 were each 0.25 kg DARPA/Aerospace Corp. MEMS (Micro Electro-mechanical Systems) picosatellites, each carrying intersatellite communications experiment and connected by a 30-m tether.

2000 January 27 - Picosat 2 - Launch Site: Vandenberg. Launch Complex: SLC8. Launch Vehicle: Minotaur. Mass: 0 kg ( lb). Perigee: 746 km (463 mi). Apogee: 796 km (494 mi). Inclination: 100.20 deg.
Deployed by the OPAL satellite on February 7 at 0334:16 GMT. Picosat 1 and 2 were each 0.25 kg DARPA/Aerospace Corp. MEMS (Micro Electro-mechanical Systems) picosatellites, each carrying intersatellite communications experiment and connected by a 30-m tether.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
NASA/GSFC Orbital Information Group Website, Web Address when accessed: http://oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
Space-Launcher.com, Orbital Report News Agency. Web Address when accessed: http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.

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